WINSTED, CT-The Shops at Ledgebrook strip shopping center sells to a New York City investor for $16.9 million.

ALBANY, NY-An IBM-led consortium plans to invest a total of more than $2.5 billion in high tech projects in East Fishkill in Dutchess County and at the State University at Albany campus here.

HARRISON, NY-In a relocation deal measured in feet, not miles, Keevily Spero-Whitelaw Inc. is moving its corporate headquarters down the street from 550 Mamaroneck Ave. to 14,230 sf of space at 500 Mamaroneck Ave. building here.

HARTFORD, CT-In a deal valued at more than $30 million, Houlihan-Parnes Realtors LLC of White Plains acquires the 680-unit, 23-building rental apartment portfolio of the Whitehouse family.

WHITE PLAINS-While office vacancy rates will likely remain in the low teens in 2005, brokers are predicting a modest rise in office rental rates in Westchester County in the next 12 months. In fact, some top buildings will secure rents in excess of $30 per sf, they say.

HAMDEN, CT-Home Properties sells its 498-unit Apple Hill rental apartment complex here on Mix Avenue in a deal valued at $48 million.

PITTSFORD, NY-The vitamin and nutritional supplements retailer is looking to open additional stores in a host of major upstate cities in the Empire State.

GREENWICH, CT-A joint venture of the Willett Cos. LLC of Rye, NY and Warren & Partners of Dublin acquires 55 Railroad Ave. here in a deal valued at a record-setting nearly $97.8 million or approximately $743 per sf.